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by karder
Thu Aug 08, 2013 12:12 pm
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Topic: Word use that drives you up the wall!
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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

over the past couple of years I have started hearing people say "countless" when they mean "many". Somethings are countless, like the stars in the universe, but most things can be counted if one is so inclined. Where it drives me crazy is when people say "countless" to describe something that can be very easily counted.

Case in point, just yesterday a somewhat annoying chap at work complained dramatically to his supervisor "I have gone back to engineering countless times today".
I happened to be walking down the hall and chimed in "three".
Annoying Chap "What?"
Me: "you came back to engineering three times"
Annoying Chap stares back silent
Me: "I'm just helping you count it"
Annoying Chap to his supervisor "You see! THIS is what I have been dealing with all day!"

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